Federal Filings and Ex Parte

Connect America Fund , WC Docket No. 10-90; High-Cost Universal Service Support , WC Docket No. 05-337; AT&T Petition to Launch a Proceeding Concerning the TDM-to-IP Transition; Petition of the National Telecommunications Cooperative Association for a Rulemaking to Promote and...

Commission Seeks Comment on Proposal of Iowa Network Service, Inc. For Service-Based Technology Transitions Experiment , GN Docket Nos. 12-353, 13-5, Public Notice, DA 14-238 (rel. Feb. 21, 2014) (“Public Notice”). On March 21, 2014, NTCA–The Rural Broadband Association (NTCA)...

Connect America Fund , WC Docket No. 10-90; High-Cost Universal Service Support , WC Docket No. 05-337; AT&T Petition to Launch a Proceeding Concerning the TDM-to-IP Transition; Petition of the National Telecommunications Cooperative Association for a Rulemaking to Promote and...

Connect America Fund , WC Docket No. 10-90; High-Cost Universal Service Support , WC Docket No. 05-337 On Tuesday, March 11, 2014, Mike Romano, Senior Vice President-Policy, on behalf of NTCA–The Rural Broadband Association (“NTCA”), met with Diane Cornell, Special...

G N Docket No. 12-268: Expanding the Economic and Innovation Opportunities of Spectrum Through Incentive Auctions and G N Docket No. 13-185: Amendment of the Commission’s Rules with Regard to Commercial Operations in the 1695-1710 MHz, 1755-1780 MHz, and 2155-2180...

Connect America Fund , WC Docket No. 10-90; High-Cost Universal Service Support , WC Docket No. 05-337 On Friday, March 7, 2014, Michael Romano, Senior Vice President-Policy, on behalf of NTCA–The Rural Broadband Association (“NTCA”), spoke via telephone with Rodger...

Connect America Fund , WC Docket No. 10-90 On Wednesday, March 5, 2014, NTCA–The Rural Broadband Association (“NTCA”), the National Exchange Carrier Association (“NECA”), the United States Telecom Association, and WTA-Advocates for Rural Broadband (collectively, the “Associations”) submitted additional information...

On March 5, 2014, a group of 35 organizations and entities, including NTCA, sent a letter to Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Chairman Wheeler to urge the FCC to move forward as quickly as possible to implement a Connect America Fund...

Petitions for Reconsideration of Action in Rulemaking Proceeding , Public Notice, WC Docket No. 13-39, Report No. 2997 (FR Doc. 2014–03287) (rel. Feb. 14, 2014). On Tuesday, March 4, 2014, the National Exchange Carrier Association, Inc. (NECA), NTCA – The...